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The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18
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The reign Of ~Sennacherib (75I-691
B. CT was the golden age of Assyrian
art; and IN 625 b. C., q little more than
half a century later, As3yria fell, never
to rise again, by the hand of Cyaxares,
the Median conqueror.
The Plainfeld New Jersey Elec-
trio Light Company offer to contract
with b~0useholders for one i~ncandescent
lamp at IS a year; two, 81 each; three,
Sc; seven, at So each, and 50 for each
additional lamp.
"A steam omnibus, which is in
tended to run regularly oyer country
roads, is said to be running now in
Dresden, Saxony. 1t is managed by
W men, and carries forty-six passen-
gers, with considerable freight.
Lucinda Easter, a colored resident
Of Newbery, South Carolina, is said to
be 100 years Of age. According to
newspaper accounts her mother died at
the advanced age of 119, and she, like
her daughter, had % children.
illustrated journalism is becoming
quite popular In Western Pennsylvania,
at least il would seem so by the recent
issue of a Pittsburg paper, the supple
ment Of which alone contained thirty
two wood.cuts.
Young chickens, the Microscopical
Society of San Francisco fears, are
filled with the seeds of consumption and
may communicate the disease to people
who eat them, but this will hardly bear
the market for brollers to any extent.
Two petrifed articles have been
going the rounds of the newspapers;
one, q strawberry discovered in Georgia,
and the other, a log, in Dakota 1t is
supposed, however, that they are one
and the same thing. the berry having
grown to the sizs of a log by the time
II reached Dakota
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Selling OF Women in Japan.

According to a correspondent Of the
japanese MaI the sale of women is still
sanctioned in Japan. He says:-"Two
or three years since, when travelling on
a small Japanese steamer, a woman
brought a girl, fifteen or sixteen years
old, barred to the waist, into the cabin
and commenced negotiating for her
sale to one of the passengers, who ap-
peared to be connected with that
branch of business. The matter was
discussed in the most cvld.blooded
manner as though it were a dog instead
OF a human being that was being bar
gained tor. AS the girl was unable to
play any musical instrument the man
said she was not worth more than five
or SIX yen, and he advised the woman
to keep her until she had been sufi-
ciently trained to sell at a higher price,
l was recently told by a Japanese law
yer of high standing that 1t would be
very difficult to prove any violation of
the law against such sales. A large
proportion of the sales are made when
the girls are only ten or twelve years
old. The same gentleman tells me that
many husbands sell their wives"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

CARE OF HoRsEs.-Do not walt
until you begin work in the spring to
feed your horses. Do not starve them
all winter and expect q week or two OF
extra feeding to bring them up to the
working point. Begin now. Keep
them in and assimilate it. They re-
tain its result. Do not accus your
horse of being lazy because he stands
In the stable and eats his regular meals.
He rests as you do, and likes to go out
once in a while as you do. 1t is a mis-
take to suppose he does not need any
enjoyment, even If it is a drive on a
strange road. The horse has trodden
in the furrow and row, and has known
nothing but the old barn door, like a
change. Let him hear the jingle OF
bells comfortably. Do not kick him
because this plough horse does not trot
as well as he pulls a hay wagon.
When you go home at night give him
a drink, temper his water a little, just
as some of your neighbors temper
theirs; but not with the same stuff.
And give him a bite, If he is i'll condi-
ton for it, Just as you take your piece
Of pie.
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Hotel Workshops.

A good hotel has now within its
walls a workshop, in which it employs
painters, carpenters, a cabinet-maker,
key-fitter, plumber, glazier, upholsterer
and electrician. Tho elevator shafts
and interior courts enhance the danger
of fire, though not nearly so much as
to offset the protection which marble
floors and brick partitions offer; but
that is not a perfect hotel which is not
also fitted with chemicalfre eXtinguish-
ers and hose plug, and which has not
organized its male help into a well
disciplined band of firemen, practiced
in the parts they must play whenever a
fire breaks out. The principal hotels
usually boast of at least one or two
among their porters who are at the
same time professional bouncers able
to quell disturbances summarily when
it breaks out. In the large cities the
managers staff is not complete unless
it has a detective or two uponi it, usually
AMMAN who knows the faces and tricks
of the most active criminals-especially
thieves and confidence men-in the
country, but the best POLICING that a
big hotel gets is from its own guests.
Their numerousness and FORMULATION
are great hindrances to crime.
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PHYSICIANS
/ FAILED.

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DIR. Pierce's FavOrft6 Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
aud valuable experience. Thousands OF
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in tho
moro aggravated and obstinate cases which
had batfied their skill. prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as q cure-all," but
as a most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
AS a powerful, invfgorating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its APP
pendages, in particular. For o~verworked,
EwSrn-out," 'srun-down." debilitated teach
ers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls," ho~usekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation of food,
laz U1AnU nss nrcnE
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

GROUND oats, corn and wheat mixed
with boiled potatoes do not make a
proper food for fowls. A certain por-
ton OF it given occasionally, as when
fowls are fed for fattening, Is good and
wholesome, but, as a rule, soft food Is
injurious to poultry. 1t is not well
digested and produces a common blood
disease, a sort of anthrax fever marked
by blackness Of the comb, stiffness and
lameness of the limbs and the dropping
of the wings Of the chickens. Toremedy
this the fowls should be given a dos
of a teaspoonful of linseed oil and
small pinch of powdered sulphate OF
iron, and have no food, but only water,
for two days. After that light feeding
with oats and some chopped grass or
clover would be useful, but no corn
should be given for a few days. and
then only sparingly.
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Acauiescence.

Sir Fletcher Norton was noted for
his want of courtesy. When pleading
before Lord Mansfield on some question
of immortal right. he changed to say,
my lord, l can illustrate the point in
an instance to my own person; l myself
have two little manors." The Judge
Immediately i~nterposed with one of his
blandest smiles, awe all know it. Sir
Fletcher"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

A LITTLE boy was reading in the
Bible about a woman who married
seven brothers.
"Oh, mammal" he exclaimed, "did
she marry them all at once?'
"No, darling" replied his mother;
''she married one, and when he died
she married another. What would you
think. Bobby, If 1 should marry eve
brothersP"
sits hard to tell, mamma. 1tmigh5
be because you owed 'em a grudge, and
then 1T might be because you were fol- d
Of attending funerals; but | guess It's
Just because you have a hankering that
way"
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EXPERIENCE
THE oUTGRoWTH OF a VAST EXP

I'm pregnancy, "Favorite Prescription"
ia a "mother's cordial" relieving nausea,
~ 1kness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. il
its use is kept up in the latter months of
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
"FavOrite Prescription,' when taken
in connection with the use Of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, small laxa-
tive doses of DIR. Pierce's Purgative Pellets
little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases. Their combined use also
remove blood taints, and labolishes can
cerous and scrofulous hunors from the
system.
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
under a positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that It will give satisfac-
ton IN every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper. and faithfully car
ried out for. many years. Large bottles
QOo doees) $l!0O, or six bottles for
~ Send ten cents in stamps for DR..
Pierce's large, Illustrated Treatise Q60
pages) on Diseases of Women.
663 Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y. 4
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ST UNDERSTAND, SIR" he began, as
he walked into a Grand River venue
grocery, s'that you say 1 don't pay my
debts. 1 owe you "a. Take 1t out OF
that So"
"Yes-ah-take it out-there's your
change. No, sir, 1 never said anything
of tbs kind. What 1 did say was that
1 wished you owed me a hundred dol
lars, as l was sure of getting my
money"
"Oh, that was FTP Well, why in
blazes didn't you say so before l paid
the account?n
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

ORPHEUs: ''Have you noticed that
ridiculous statement, Eurydice, that
the u-e Of q rocking chair is pro-
nounced by high medical authority TO
be productive of heart disease2 AS a
palliative of heart affections, don't we
know that the good accomplished by
the proper use Of a rocking-chair is
only limited by the capacity. strength
and durability of the chair itself2
Isn't that our experience, Eurydice?
Comet The old chair invites"
Eurydiee: One moment, Orpheus.
Is it true that your Uncle James, from
whom you always expected so much,
has failed in b~usinessr'
Eyes, he is completely wiped out,
but that makes no difference to us. /
still have my salary of $500 a year,
and"
''You a sit over there, Orpheus, in
that other chair, If you please"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructations of gas.
As n soothing and strengthentf1
nerVine," Favorite Prescription" is i.u-
equalled and is invaluable in allaylnp and
snbduing nervous excitabillty, irritai lity,
exhaustion, .prostration, hysteria, ss.jms
n other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant, upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
Br. Pierce,s EavOrite Prescription
is q legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in Its
effects in any condition of the system. -
"EavOrite Prescription" IL a posi-
tive cure for tho most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites"
excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain
full menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak
back, female weakness" anteversion, re-
troversion, bearing-down sensations. chTon-
ic congestion, inflammation and liberation
of the womb, inflammation, pain and ten-
derness in ovaries, accompanied with i
ternal heat"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

The city OF Little Rock. Ark, offers every in
ducement TO the manufacturer, merchant, me-
chsnic and homeseeker. Population about 81, 900,
taxes low; good public schools, churches and
society. Climate temperate all the year round.
1t is an enterprising city, has railroads from nve
directions, about a dozen contemplated lines,
street railroads, gas, electric light, paid fre de-
partment, two daily papers, board OF trade, etc.
1t is the capital Of the State, the geographical GEN.
tire, and the chief city In every respect. Land Is
cheap, both lots and suburban property beng on
the market. Information In regard to Little Rock
or Arkansas, will be furnished on application 10
the Real Estate Exchange, Hon. Thomas Essex.
Or The Gazette. little Rock. AK.
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"MAY l ask what the middle S in
your name signifies, Miss Bulllonp"
Certainly, Mr.. De Crashe. 1t
stands for S~hazzar."
"ShazzarP"
Eyes, I was named after an eminent
woman mentioned in the Scriptures
Belle Shazzar."
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

STRAw.-There ale so many useful
purposes for straw that the wise far
mer will scarcely need to have re-
course to the fire to get rid Of 1t. 1t
makes an excellent mulch for all kinds
of fruit trees and berry vines. Use 1t
for bedding and by frequent changing
Increase the compost heap. Spread II
--srknolls and places in meadows
and pasture where the grass has bur.
ned or dried out.
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TOMATO SoUP.-To one pint of can
ned tomatoes, or four large young mes
cut up fine, add one quart of boiling
water and let them boil. then add N
teaspoonful of soda, Immediately add
one pint of sweet milk, with salt. pep
per and plenty of butter. When this
boils add eight small crackers rolled
fine and serve. 1t makes enough for a
family of six or eight.
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, CoCoANUT CooKIEs.-One and a
half cups of sugar, one cup butter, two
eggs, one cup Of grated cocoanut, one
half cup Of sweet milk, one-half tea
spoonful of soda, m teaspoonful of
vanilla and -four to make a soft dough.
Roll as you do common cookies, using
as little flour as possible on the knead-
ing board. Bake In q quick oven.
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A Prize In the Lottery

of life which is usually unappreciated until
IL is lost, perhaps never to return, in health.
What a priceless boon it Is, n how we
ought to cherish 1t, that life may not be q
worthless blank to US. Many of the dis
eases that flesh Is heir to, n which make
life b~urdensome, such as consumption
(scrofula of the lungs). and other scrofu-
lous and blood diseases are completely
cured by DIR. r. V. Pieree's 'Golden Medi-
cal Discovery" after all other remedies
have failed. DR.. Pierce's treatise on con-
sumption mailed for 10 cents in stamps.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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nAll Men Ara .,

said David of old. He was probably
prompted to make the above remark after
trying some unreliable catarrh remedy.
Had he been permitted to live until the
present day, n tried DR.. Sage's Remedy,
he might have had a better opinion of man.
kind. We claim that nc case OF catarrh
can withstand the magic effects of this Won
derful medicine. One trial of it will con-
vince you of its efficacy. By druggists;
fifty cents.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

A LATE and pretty fancy is the max
ing of satin bags in which to send we'd
ding cake to absent friends. Make
them Of pink or blue, draw them
together with a narrow ribbon like an
old fashioned work bag. Decorate
with the monogram or initial OF bride
and groom. The cake should be wrap
ped in the kind of paper that confec-
TONERS use about fresh candles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

MUTTON BROTH FOR AN INVALID.
Cut one pound of lean mutton in
small pieces and put in a quart Of cold
water. Cover closely and boil until the
meat falls to pieces. If you wish to
add rice or barley let 1t soak in warm
water while the meat is boiling; when
soft skim out the meat and put in the
cereal; simmer two hours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

Much unnecessary suffering iscaused
by allowing the skin of a sick person to
become SO tender by constant lying in
bed that at leagth it breaks, or is liter
ally worn through. Ii there is the
least redness, or even before that, if
there is fear that the skin may be ten
der, touch the places with the white of
an egg beaten to a stiff froth, in which
ID mixed two t~easpoonfuls Of spirits of
wine. You may also battle the patient
on the sides and back with brandy, and
then dust the skin with powdered
starch, sifted through a muslin bag.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

A WIDowER's REvENGE.-"So
your wife left all her money to your
daughter?"
"She did, bad cess to her; but l got
square with her,"
you did, ehp How did you man
age it2"
"Begorra, l buried her in a second
hand coffin"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

REMEDY FOR CRAMPs.-A writer
declares that the raising of the head of
the bed by placing under each leg a
block of the thickness of two bricks. is
an effective remedy for cramps. Pa
tients who have suffered at night, cry
ing aloud with pain, have found this
plan to afford immediate, certain and
permanent relief.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

BREAD CAKE.-Bread cake fried
may be a novelty to some cooks. Two
cups and a half bread dough, allow one
cup and a half of sugar, two eggs. a
quarter of a cup of melted butter, half
a t~easpoonful of salt and a little nut
meg. Knead them well into the dough,
using as much flour as is needed to
make a smooth dough. Let it rise
then until it is very light. then knead
again and cut out into fancy shapes;
let them rise again and fry in boiling
fat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

For a rich plum pudding, mix well
and boil in plenty Of water for four
hours half pound each of currants and
stoned r~aisins. three quarters of a
pound of suet, three ounces Of flour,
two ounces OF peel, six ounces of sugar.
a little nutmeg, II gill of water, and
one tablespoonful of salt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

For a good luncheon dish, take q
pound of soaked Goldfish and when cold
mince 1t fine. Heat a cup OF drawn
butter, stir in the fish, pepper to taste,
mix in well two tablespoonfuis o.
grated cheese; butter a baking dish
pour in the fish, strew fine, dry crumb:
on top, and set in the oven unit
delicately Drowned. Cold fresh cod,
halibut, or other firm, white fish Il
very good prepared in this manner.
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KILLING PLANTAINs.-A cores
pondent says ''a drop or two OF chloro.
form put in the center of a plant oil
plantain will kill it, and so will salt. y
We uppos it is meant that the top
of the Plantain should first be cut Oh,
and the application be made at the cut
surface of the crown or root. A drop
of kerosene oil applied in this manner
is sure death to the plant, and is pre-
ferable either to chloroform or salt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

WHILE 1t is economy in feed to have
the cattle barn we'll protected against
cold in winter, especially against cold
winds and blowing rains, there is dan.
ger of OVERRIDING the thing DON'T
make the barn too close. Have 1t well
ventilated. The amount OF air ad,
mitted should be under control and
regulated daily IS the needs of the
animals require it. Light, too, is very
necessary. Provide plenty of light.
Glass is cheap, and windows of thi;
material should be provided.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

"YoU know of course" said the old
man TO the young man, ''that my
daughter has 100000 In her own
IightP"
Eyes. SIR"
"And you are not worth a cent"
"I'm poor, sir, but, great Scott,
500, 900 is enough for twoI Why, I'm
economical to meanness.o
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

= CoCoANUT CUsTARD.-Make a
good boiled custard, flavor with one
teaspoonful of bitter almond essence,
CRATE a ~cocoanut, and when the Gus
tard is quite cold lit should be poured
when warm into a glass bowl, strew the
cocoanut on top. Sift white sugar
over this.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

ALMOND DRoPs.-Three-quartsrs of
a pound of -four, one-half pound of
sugar, one-half pound of butter, three
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder. Mix
and pour into square tin pans. filling
them about one-half inch. Scald the
almonds, sprinkle over the top of the
mixture and bake a light brown.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

ACCORDING to DIR. J. G. Peters, it i
filth that causes most of the diseases Of
domestic animals. He mentions par
tlcularly the habit of allowing bedding
and manure to accumulate under the
horses and other animals in stables
The impure air thus generated is pecu'
liarly we'll adapted to injure the health
of the animals compelled to breathe 1t
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

TREATMENT OF SoILED CLOTHING.
If it is necessary that the clothes of
the Mondays wash should be left in
water all night, do not leave them In
suds, but after taking them from the
boiler and draining them, pat them In
a tub and pour over them scaldlng
water and let them lie in this; from
this they can be wrung out, and after
blueing slightly will look much whittier,
and certainly will have a mor pleasing
and cleaner odor than If left all night
In suds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

BETTER LEFT UNsAID.-At a
grand dinner a very needless gentleman
who talked a great deal forgot that his
neighbor, a young lady, was unusually
tall, and exclaimed: ~ do not like big
womenl" The lady bit her lip. and the
speaker, seeing he had made a blunder,
and trying to repair it as CALAMITY
as possible, added: "Whenthey are
young, madame"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

The introduction of the ensilage
system not only increases the value OF
corn as a specsal plant for that pur-
pose, but 1t will add largely to the In
terests of cattle, probably leading to the
establishment Of the soiling system in
preference to pasturage, over the
Mhnla country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

Mr.. J. B. LAwEs acknowledges that
greater fertility is impaired to the land
by blowing under green crops thar
to applying the same after they had
been fed to stock, but thinks 1t more
profitable to adopt the latter method.
Yet, where there is but little demand
for meat 1t VIII be found an advantage
to pillow under the green crop. q
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

BURNT CUsTARD.-What is called
burnt custard in the South is simply
boiled custard, made with the yelks of
the eggs, and with the whites beaten
up with sugar laid on the top. This
meringue was burnt or rather Drowned
by holding a hot shovel ove it.
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"THIs natural gas is a wonderful
thing" remarked Mrs. Fangle, as size
sat before the fire at Mrs. Snaggs'.
"Yes, indeed, it isl replied Mrs,
Snaggs. 81 wonder how they get 1t,
and why we never had 1t beforep"
'1ndeed, l don't know a thing about
1t. l never studied gastronomy."
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

Mrs. BLoBsoN was mixing some
medicine for Mr.. Blobson, who was
sick, when she was astonished to see
her husband wink at her in a very en-
phatic manner. "What do you mean
by winking at me in that way, Mr.
BlobsonY" she demanded. "F-force
of habit" stammered MI. Blobson.
mo, no, I don't mean that; I mean |
have got something in my eye"
"Well, I~haven't," responded Mrs. B.,
with asperity.
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1t is the little things that are most
wonderful and difficult; 1t is possible
for human enterprise to make a noun
tam, but impossible for 1t to make an
oyster.
The silent man may be overlooked
now. but he will get a hearing by and
by.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

ALTHOUGH salt and soda are SAID
to benefit asparagus, analyses show that
a ton of asparagus takes from the soil,
90 pounds phosphoric acid, g pounds
potash and IA pounds nitrogen, and
there is scarcely q trace of soda In Its
composition.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18

at THE HUB.-A traveller en- route
for Boston was awakened by a cry out
side of his window:
"Pedal teguments artistically lllu-
minated for the inininltesimal remu-
neration of 8 cents"
SPY Jovel" he said, ''we're there"
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1--WE are not to live for ourselves
Alone" said the pastor; 1--WE must
make easier the way for those VINO
come after u.s." "I know it," said the
tramp, and, as he caught sight OF the
policeman down the road, he ADDE'S;
''there's some one after me now, N
Just get out OF the way and give nun
the whole road" SO saying, ne
vamoosed the ranch and was presently
seen no more.